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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2006
Paul Randall Shows, Pineville, LA (US);
Steven J. Remis, Ford City, PA (US);
Curtis R. Akins, Pineville, LA (US);
Robert Parks, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Kaintz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Lamont Holmes, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Stuart Beale, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Sass, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul Randall Shows, Pineville, LA (US);
Steven J. Remis, Ford City, PA (US);
Curtis R. Akins, Pineville, LA (US);
Robert Parks, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Kaintz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Lamont Holmes, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Stuart Beale, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Sass, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of dispensing medicaments may employ a drug dispensing device comprised of an upper hopper having an upper opening for receiving a medicament and a lower opening. The drug dispensing device also includes a lower hopper having an upper opening and a lower opening in a bottom portion thereof. The upper hopper defines a bulk storage chamber and the lower hopper defines a dispensing chamber. A rotatable dispensing disc is positioned in a lower portion of the dispensing chamber for dispensing medicament from the drug dispensing device through the lower opening in the lower hopper. A regulator is situated between the bulk storage chamber and the dispensing chamber for controlling the rate at which medicament moves from the storage chamber to the dispensing chamber.